# Nitrifying niche in estuaries is expanded by the plastisphere

*PRI Rank #9 · Topics and Trends in Most Cited Marine and coastal ecosystems Papers, Class of 2026*

*Canonical URL: https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/marine-and-coastal-ecosystems/2026/rank-9*

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Rank | #9 |
| 18m citations | 44 |
| Journal | Nature Communications |
| Year | 2024 |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41467-024-50200-8 |
| Corresponding authors | Yong‐Guan Zhu |
| Institution | Institute of Urban Environment, China |

**Ranking page:** [Topics and Trends in Most Cited Marine and coastal ecosystems Papers, Class of 2026](https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/marine-and-coastal-ecosystems/2026)

**Paper link:** [10.1038/s41467-024-50200-8](https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50200-8)

## Topics

Plastisphere · estuarine ecosystems · Nitrification · Stable isotope labeling · Stable isotope labeling · metagenomics · Metatranscriptomics · Nitrification · Nitrification · Nitrification · interspecific cooperation · nitrifying substrate exchange · nitrogen biogeochemistry · biofilm communities · Nitrogen cycling · Plastisphere

## Cite this ranking

```
Pepkio Research Index (PRI). Topics and Trends in Most Cited Marine and coastal ecosystems Papers, Class of 2026. https://pri.pepkio.com/top-papers/marine-and-coastal-ecosystems/2026. Accessed 2026-07-29.

Zheng Su, Tinsley Li, Thematic Shifts in Early-High-Impact Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Research: A Bibliometric and Semantic Analysis. bioRxiv 2026.07.04.736459; doi: https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.04.736459
```